Box for cigarettes and tobacco.



0 CAMPUS BOX FOR GIGARETTES AND TOBACCO.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24, 1908.

PatentedAug. 3, 1909.

GESARE CAMPUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOX FOB CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1909.

Application filed December 24, 1908. Serial No. 69,036.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CESARE CAMPUS, a subject of the King of Italy, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Boxes for Cigarettes, Cigars, and Tobacco, of which the following is a specification.

Smokers of either cigarettes, cigars or tobacco invariably carry about on their person, two packages, one of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, and the other of matches for lighting the same, with the result of unnecessary bulk, space occupied, and weight, which it is the object of my invention to prevent.

My invention relates to anew article of manufacture, and in carrying out the same I provide a package referably in the form of a box comprising a ody receptacle for holding the cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, a cover or closure therefor and upon the bottom of the main receptacle an auxiliary and independent receptacle for matches inserted therein and removable therefrom, and the edge of the cover when the same is closed, preferably extends over the exposed ends of the matches and their receptacle, preventing their escape and completing the continuity of the package, all of which is hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan of the improved box of my invention, with the lid raised. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section at the dotted line 00, it, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section at the dotted line y, y, of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the box showing a sliding drawer for matches as one form of my invention. Fig. 5 is a cross section showing the place for matches as an open receptacle. Figs. 6 and 7 are fragmentary cross sectional views in larger size showing other forms of my invention.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a represents the body of the receptacle, 6 the closure or cover therefor. These parts are preferably made of cardboard of a light weight as is usual, the cover being hinged to the body part in any desired manner, and 0 represents the cigarettes within the body receptacle a. (Z re resents an independent receptacle for matc 168 e secured to the bottom portion of the body receptacle a; the cover or closure being of sufficient depth to completely extend over the exposed ends of the matches to prevent accidental displacement. In the form of my invention shown in Figs.

1, 2 and 3, which is the simpler form, the re ceptacle d is of cellular construction and of light weight, agreeing with the light weight of the cardboard box, the openings in the cellular structure being of sufficiently liberal dimensions to readily receive the matches; and while the box for the cigarettes or other articles may be wider in either direction than the length of the matches, the apertures in the cellular structure may be closed off in any desired or convenient manner, so that when the matches are in position, there will be protruding ends from the orifices of the reoep tacle (Z by which the matches are separately and readily grasped by the fingers for removal.

My invention is not to be limited in any way to the manner of shortening up the match receptacles.

In the form of my invention shownin Fig. 4 a sliding drawer f is shown as the equivalent of the cellular construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the said drawer f being of a suitable length to receive the matches side by side in a single layer.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 5, there is an open receptacleg adapted to re ceive a single layer of matches; the same are loosely placed in the receptacle and this re ceptacle is also formed upon the bottom of the body receptacle.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 6, h and h represent the parts of a cellular structure preferably formed of wood in which the member h is grooved and the member h as a thin slab is glued thereto, and in this form of my invention i represents a part of a band of cardboard inclosing the cellular structure and extending beyond one side of the same to form the body of the box and re ceive cigarettes, cigars or tobacco.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 7, the parts it 7L are the same as similar parts in Fig. 6, but in this form the box composed of sides 7c and bottom 7c of cardboard is securely fastened to the cellular structure composed of the parts h k My invention is a new article of manufacture and forms a combined package for handily receiving and holding both cigarettes, cigars and tobacco and the matches that are necessary for lighting the same for the smokers use, and as a unitary article may be carried conveniently in the pocket.

The particular advantages gained besides those hereinbefore enumerated in providing the separate and independent receptacles for matches are in preventing any of the phosphorous or other fumes given off from the match heads being absorbed by and affecting the tobacco and the facility of carrying and replacing the matches in case those provided with the box are not sufficient for lighting the cigarettes, cigars or tobacco originally contained in the receptacle.

I claim as my invention:

1. [as a new article of manufacture, a combined package for cigarettes, cigars or tobacco and for matches, comprising a bottom and sides forming a body portion for containing the cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, an independent receptacle connected therewith and upon the outer surface of the bottom as a unit for the reception of matches and which receptacle consists of a cellular structure of partitions open-ended and adapted to receive the greater portion of the matches and to leave a small end protruding, and a cover consisting of a top and sides longer in one direction than in the other and adapted to fit down upon and extend over the body portion and beyond the free ends of the protruding matches so as to prevent the same accidentally falling out.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a combined package for cigarettes, cigars or tobacco and for matches, comprising a bottom and sides forming a body portion for containing the cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, and an independent receptacle connected therewith l and upon the outer surface of the bottom as a unit for the reception of the matches and which receptacle is open-ended and adapted to receive the matches, and a cover consisting of a top and sides adapted to fit down upon and extend over the body portion andbeyond the free ends of the matches and their receptacle so as to prevent the matches accidentally falling out. c

3. As a new article of manufacture, a shallow flat box body to receive cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, and a shallow flat cover hinged thereto and fitting down flatwise over the same, a receptacle connected as a unit with the flat box body upon the under surface thereof and adapted to receive matches, the cover being adapted to extend over and protect the entrance to the matches to prevent the same accidentally falling out.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a shallow flat box body of paper stock to receive cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, and a shallow flat cover also of paper stock hinged thereto and fitting down over the same, a receptacle connected as a unit with the flat box body upon the under surface thereof and having along one side series of perforations through the wall of the receptacle and the said receptacle adapted to receive matchesintroduced through said perforations with the ends thereof protruding, the cover being adapted to extend beyond the protruding match ends and over the same to protect the matches and prevent the same accidentally falling out. Signed by me this 22d day of December CESARE CAMPUS. Vfitnesses:

GEO. T. PINGKNEY, E. ZAOHARIASEN. 

